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Stephanie Lamm
Data Reporter
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A reporting duo shares nine pieces of advice to keep in mind when covering childhood mental health.
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There are only eight kids in this class at Linda Tutt Learning Center, but the chaos erupting throughout the room and spilling into the hallway would set any teacher on edge.
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.jpg?itok=Mmw3AWd9 "Sanger ISD's director of student intervention, Ann Hughes, works with students in a social skills class at the Linda Tutt Learning Center, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, in Sanger. Sanger Independent School District has taken a holistic approach, beefing up its own resources and partnering with the community, creating one of the best-resourced districts in Texas.")
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A Houston Chronicle investigation found that at no point since 2013 did any Texas school district have the nationally or state recommended student-to-provider ratios in four positions that are key to providing mental health support for children — nurses, counselors, case workers and psychologists.
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Lacking resources, she thought her mentally ill son would be safer in jail. Then he was beaten to death.
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But at no point since 2013 did any Texas school district have the professionally recommended student supervisor ratios for counselors, nurses, psychologist and social workers at the same time, a Houston Chronicle investigation found.
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The pandemic has increased strain on child welfare programs already plagued with problems.